My Mission
is very simple:
"Take the practice serious,
but don't take yourself so serious
while you practice."
I think 'practice' is ANY activity that you use
regularly to work on yourself & your own well being -
physically & mentally.
Finding the right practice
that works for YOU and bring you JOY
is so darn important, but also have the fun.
And a final word:
don't get 'too stuck' in ideas of
what it all should be or should look like:
Dolly Parton taught me as much about life as Ram Dass did.
Find what rings true to YOU,
doesn't matter the source.
My yoga journey & studies are far from over,
but I would like to express my gratitude to my various teachers (and their teachers)
on this trip so far!
And to every student I ever had in my class...
thank you for teaching me too!
Here is a list of teachers & schools that influenced me & my Yoga:
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Clive Sheridan ( several Immersions in India, France, Germany 2013-2019 )
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Jason Crandell (“Evolution of VinyasaYoga” 40h @triyoga, London, UK 2019 )
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Svaha Yoga, Gösta van Dam & Patrick Vermeulen ( 500h TT "Vinyasa Krama Yoga",@ Svaha Yoga Shala, Amsterdam 2011 - 2012 )
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Anat Geiger ( 200h (RYA) TT "Yin Yoga" @Yogagarden, Amsterdam 2015/2016 )
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Katchie Ananda ( 200h (RYA) TT @Ganeshas Barn, Cologne
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Sivananda Yoga ( 200h TT, @Neuville-Aux-Bois Ashram, Orleans 2010 )
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Rusty Wells (100h (RYA) TT "Bhakti Flow", @Urban Flow, San Francisco, USA (2018)
My other trainings & qualifications
include among others things:
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state-certified gymnastics teacher,
@Weber School, Düsseldorf D (1996-1999)
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15 years professional dance career (1999 - 2014),
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Codarts Academy of Music & Dance,
Rotterdam,NL ('00-'02),
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Thai Massage, @International Thai Massage School
"Thai Hand", NL ('14-'15),
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licensed trainer for orthopaedic spine health
@KddR, D ('15)
I have been a (recurring) guest teacher:
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Svaha Yoga Shala, Amsterdam (2012 - 2020)
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“Yoga Festival Terschelling” 2017 & 2018;
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“HAPPINEZ” Festival 2019;
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“International Day of Yoga” 2018 & 2019
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"Stadswild Secret Yoga Club”
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”H&M”;
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”Victor & Rolf";
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“Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam”;
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"Royal Dance Conservatory", The Hague;
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"Amsterdam University of the Arts";
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"Codarts Academy of Music & Dance", Rotterdam;
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“Babette Labeij Music Academy;
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” Yin Yoga TT 2018 ”Yoga Garden”, Amsterdam;
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Präha Bildungszentrum Düsseldorf
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and many, many more